DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The County Court properly admitted testimony regarding the defendant's membership in a gang. The testimony was relevant to establish motive and explain to the jury the sequence of events and the relationship between the defendant and the victim. Moreover, its probative value outweighed its potential prejudice (see People v. Correa, 265 A.D.2d 338).
The police officers' testimony recounting descriptions of the perpetrator given to them by eyewitnesses to the murder was properly admitted because it was for a non-hearsay purpose. It was admitted to assist the jury in evaluating the witnesses' respective opportunities to observe at the time of the crime, and the reliability of their memories at the time of the identification (see People v. Huertas, 75 N.Y.2d 487).
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., McGINITY, LUCIANO and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.